The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-02-10

ed tue fence with but little trouble
| passed near one Of the guards. II,
was sitting, leatipg back against ,
stump, and was sound asleep. / tool
his gun aud box Of cartridges which
lie bad deposited on tho giound
near bin. We espohe., not word
until We weie fully lQlf miie fron,
The scene Of our imprisonment.
Then SO stopped und laughed, By
The time the sun rose we were quite
number Of miles from tho 'stock.
adc,' hnt we kues that We shuald
Oe puisuel iluuRer began to piuch
us. Tins was scIiour, for, dressed
as we were, wo dane not go near II
buu.n hAbltai,ou. Tho next day
wo stopped md held u consultation
IL was better 10 rick rtcapturo than
~ z" bun9ty accordingly We dvcid.
ed To call at the H,Xt house. We
soon came npOu a fru. Walking
mp boldly ee entered the house.
There was DO oue at homo except
little girl about l. years old She
"as The most beautiful Child | have
cvcr scou. She was frightened at
iirst, bot soon recoyoIiug, sho gave
ne something to ca. She exercised
II strnnga influence on mc. Her
sweet face reminded me that purity
existed IN the world. Sho took IA
special liking 10 me, and when
biu,od that | would like TO have al
odd suit of clothes, that I Was tired
.of wearing ugly stripes, she, not
kDo wing that she wns committing n
crime, procured for me an old suit
II cloths. At The gate kissed hei
hand. My conpauions, threo vile
wretchee, wore not impressed by ,ht
little girl, and had / not possessed u
gan | am suro that they would hnye
robbed tho houso.
We had not gone much further
when pursuors came within sight
Then thore was race for liberty. Il
was ileet, more go thau the wrotches.
About the time night sut iu tro Of
my fellow couvicts bad been oaptur,
ed. The otber one kept close 10 ;pe.
a gun fired, | heard yell. Look
ing around, | saw him fall. The
darkness and tho densa woods pro
iectcd me. | oscaped Finding =
canoe, crossed the river. The fqco
OF tue little girl was constantly be-
ioio me.
| succeeded in making my way to
Ne" York. Ia that great city | |
was comparatively safe. Under au
assumed name / went work 10 a
manufacturing establishment. bent
every energy to the work, aud from
time to time was promoted. Three
years from the time | entered the
establishment | was the supelinteu.
dent OF tue entire works. My SER
vices became 90 valuable that was
admitted as n partner. saved NV
nonoy and became wealthy, yet not
Tor a moment did | forget the crush
n2 fact that | WAS u convict.
One day while on ferry boat |
,ook up newspaper which some
'ne had loft on "A chair Opening il
saw that it was an Arkansas sheet.
Fhe next moment | was thrilled
Below startling headlines appeared ,
he following: ,
Several years ago highly re,
pected young man named Henry
)ebson was convicted of tho eyime a
# numbering one of our most prom a
nent citizeDs, Mr. Mapleson. Deb-
on was seutencUd to be banged, but =
he Governor commuted bis sentence
o Imprisonment for life. Debson i,
scnped aud went no one knows Y
'hlther. Now comes the real trag- Il
dy. About month ago man
smed Evans, who swore that he II
ad seen Debson strike Mnplesou
I'D who found near the scene OF the n
iurder q knife bearing the initials ~
| Debson's name, was taken Violent =,
i'll. Believing recovery to be i'm. c,
ossible and fearing to die with such Il
burden on his heart, be confessed IN
bat ne, inspired by bitter enlnity, q,
o murdered Mapleson. From the Il
cry moment OF the confession he h
egan TO improve and soon became Il
0 well that be wss taken TO prison. h
.fter trial, during which he did tt
ot attempt to make defense, he o
'as sentenced to be hanged. The
xecution took place last Friday
nd was witnessed by large crowd
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